diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5a6b58f9c194..330e85826c2c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ RUN [ -d ./build ] && rm -rf ./build/* || true
 # enabling cross-compilation.
 ARG RACE_FLAG=""
 ARG BUILD_SCRIPT=build.sh
+ARG AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT=""
 RUN . ./build_env.sh && \
     echo "{CC=$CC, TARGETPLATFORM=$TARGETPLATFORM, BUILDPLATFORM=$BUILDPLATFORM}" && \
     export GOARCH=$(echo ${TARGETPLATFORM} | cut -d / -f2) && \
+    export AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT="${AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT}" && \
     ./scripts/${BUILD_SCRIPT} ${RACE_FLAG}
 
 # Create this directory in the builder to avoid requiring anything to be executed in the
diff --git a/scripts/build_antithesis_images.sh b/scripts/build_antithesis_images.sh
index 3aa7469c58f2..748b733d6b51 100755
--- a/scripts/build_antithesis_images.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_antithesis_images.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ fi
 # Directory above this script
 AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 
+source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/constants.sh
+source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/git_commit.sh
+
 # Import common functions used to build images for antithesis test setups
 source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/lib_build_antithesis_images.sh
 
@@ -28,7 +31,6 @@ IMAGE_PREFIX="${IMAGE_PREFIX:-}"
 IMAGE_TAG="${IMAGE_TAG:-}"
 if [[ -z "${IMAGE_TAG}" ]]; then
   # Default to tagging with the commit hash
-  source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/constants.sh
   IMAGE_TAG="${commit_hash}"
 fi
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ function build_antithesis_images_for_avalanchego {
   fi
   build_antithesis_images "${GO_VERSION}" "${image_prefix}" "antithesis-${test_setup}" "${IMAGE_TAG}" "${IMAGE_TAG}" \
                           "${AVALANCHE_PATH}/tests/antithesis/${test_setup}/Dockerfile" "${uninstrumented_node_dockerfile}" \
-                          "${AVALANCHE_PATH}" "${node_only}"
+                          "${AVALANCHE_PATH}" "${node_only}" "${git_commit}"
 }
 
 if [[ "${TEST_SETUP}" == "avalanchego" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/build_avalanche.sh b/scripts/build_avalanche.sh
index 74ec675e2363..1812b9f55f59 100755
--- a/scripts/build_avalanche.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_avalanche.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ done
 AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 # Load the constants
 source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/constants.sh
+source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/git_commit.sh
 
 build_args="$race"
 echo "Building AvalancheGo..."
diff --git a/scripts/build_bootstrap_monitor.sh b/scripts/build_bootstrap_monitor.sh
index 5a4a86c32faf..d52282c65574 100755
--- a/scripts/build_bootstrap_monitor.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_bootstrap_monitor.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 # Load the constants
 source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/constants.sh
+source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/git_commit.sh
 
 echo "Building bootstrap-monitor..."
 go build -ldflags\
diff --git a/scripts/build_image.sh b/scripts/build_image.sh
index 70c944193501..cb8d5dd91b51 100755
--- a/scripts/build_image.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_image.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ FORCE_TAG_LATEST="${FORCE_TAG_LATEST:-}"
 
 # Load the constants
 source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/constants.sh
+source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/git_commit.sh
+
+image_tag="$("${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/get_image_tag.sh)"
 
 if [[ -z "${SKIP_BUILD_RACE}" && $image_tag == *"-r" ]]; then
   echo "Branch name must not end in '-r'"
@@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ DOCKER_CMD="docker buildx build ${*}"
 GO_VERSION="$(go list -m -f '{{.GoVersion}}')"
 DOCKER_CMD="${DOCKER_CMD} --build-arg GO_VERSION=${GO_VERSION}"
 
+# Provide the git commit as a build argument to avoid requiring this
+# to be discovered within the image. This enables image builds from
+# git worktrees since a non-primary worktree won't have a .git
+# directory to copy into the image.
+DOCKER_CMD="${DOCKER_CMD} --build-arg AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT=${git_commit}"
+
 if [[ "${DOCKER_IMAGE}" == *"/"* ]]; then
   # Default to pushing when the image name includes a slash which indicates the
   # use of a registry e.g.
diff --git a/scripts/build_tmpnetctl.sh b/scripts/build_tmpnetctl.sh
index 132cf09ee38d..936d4a70f28e 100755
--- a/scripts/build_tmpnetctl.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_tmpnetctl.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 # Load the constants
 source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/constants.sh
+source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/git_commit.sh
 
 echo "Building tmpnetctl..."
 go build -ldflags\
diff --git a/scripts/constants.sh b/scripts/constants.sh
index eeaeb08b5317..84bd72da7fa0 100755
--- a/scripts/constants.sh
+++ b/scripts/constants.sh
@@ -13,24 +13,6 @@ AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd ) # Direct
 # Where AvalancheGo binary goes
 avalanchego_path="$AVALANCHE_PATH/build/avalanchego"
 
-# Image tag based on current branch  (shared between image build and its test script)
-# TODO: fix "fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything" in github CI
-image_tag=$(git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD || git describe --tags --exact-match || true)
-if [[ -z $image_tag ]]; then
-  # Supply a default tag when one is not discovered
-  image_tag=ci_dummy
-elif [[ "$image_tag" == */* ]]; then
-  # Slashes are not legal for docker image tags - replace with dashes
-  image_tag=$(echo "$image_tag" | tr '/' '-')
-fi
-
-# Current commit (shared between image build and its test script)
-# WARNING: this will use the most recent commit even if there are un-committed changes present
-full_commit_hash="$(git --git-dir="$AVALANCHE_PATH/.git" rev-parse HEAD)"
-commit_hash="${full_commit_hash::8}"
-
-git_commit=${AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT:-$( git rev-list -1 HEAD )}
-
 # Static compilation
 static_ld_flags=''
 if [ "${STATIC_COMPILATION:-}" = 1 ]
diff --git a/scripts/get_image_tag.sh b/scripts/get_image_tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..3f33f5752fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_image_tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Emits an image tag derived from the current branch or tag
+
+IMAGE_TAG="$( git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD || git describe --tags --exact-match || true )"
+if [[ -z "${IMAGE_TAG}" ]]; then
+  # Supply a default tag when one is not discovered
+  IMAGE_TAG=ci_dummy
+elif [[ "${IMAGE_TAG}" == */* ]]; then
+  # Slashes are not legal for docker image tags - replace with dashes
+  IMAGE_TAG="$( echo "${IMAGE_TAG}" | tr '/' '-' )"
+fi
+echo "${IMAGE_TAG}"
diff --git a/scripts/git_commit.sh b/scripts/git_commit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf2210d11aed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/git_commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd ) # Directory above this script
+
+# WARNING: this will use the most recent commit even if there are un-committed changes present
+git_commit="${AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT:-$(git --git-dir="${AVALANCHE_PATH}/.git" rev-parse HEAD)}"
+commit_hash="${git_commit::8}"
diff --git a/scripts/lib_build_antithesis_images.sh b/scripts/lib_build_antithesis_images.sh
index 0ab36a0bcdf3..85a29adea889 100644
--- a/scripts/lib_build_antithesis_images.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib_build_antithesis_images.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function build_antithesis_images {
   local uninstrumented_node_dockerfile=$7
   local target_path=$8
   local node_only=${9:-}
+  local avalanchego_commit=${10:-}
 
   # Define image names
   if [[ -n "${image_prefix}" ]]; then
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ function build_antithesis_images {
  --build-arg GO_VERSION=${go_version}\
  --build-arg BUILDER_IMAGE_TAG=${image_tag}\
  --build-arg BUILDER_WORKDIR=${builder_workdir}"
+  if [[ -n "${avalanchego_commit:-}" ]]; then
+    docker_cmd="${docker_cmd} --build-arg AVALANCHEGO_COMMIT=${avalanchego_commit}"
+  fi
 
   # By default the node image is intended to be local-only.
   AVALANCHEGO_NODE_IMAGE="antithesis-avalanchego-node:${node_image_tag}"
diff --git a/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh b/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh
index 1093295fa311..82eb6d1d33f2 100755
--- a/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests.build_antithesis_images.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 
 # Discover the default tag that will be used for the image
-source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/constants.sh
+source "${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/git_commit.sh
 export IMAGE_TAG="${commit_hash}"
 
 # Build the images for the specified test setup
diff --git a/scripts/tests.build_image.sh b/scripts/tests.build_image.sh
index f4dd81754165..4ba443359af3 100755
--- a/scripts/tests.build_image.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests.build_image.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ AVALANCHE_PATH=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"; cd .. && pwd )
 
 source "$AVALANCHE_PATH"/scripts/constants.sh
 
+image_tag="$("${AVALANCHE_PATH}"/scripts/get_image_tag.sh)"
+
 build_and_test() {
   local image_name=$1